Grant Opportunities

The Cotton Museum – Educational Tour Grant

The grant program is open to public, private and jubilee schools as well as educational organizations in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, and provides a chance for all students, regardless of resources, to be exposed to the Cotton Museum.

The grant is deal for field trips and includes admission and educational materials. The grant does not include transportation or other fees. Applications will be reviewed within one week of submission. Applications are due at least 30 days prior to your visit. Visits are subject to availability.

Tennessee Arts Commission- Grants for Schools

Student Ticket Subsidy- (STS) is a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered through the Tennessee Arts Commission. The program exists to provide ticket subsidy funds to public schools for arts and cultural experiences to encourage schools to expose Tennessee students to a broad variety of cultural experiences, arts disciplines and artists.

Teacher Training Grants – For arts organizations who provide outstanding professional development for educators and teaching artists that promote curriculum-based arts education and/or integration.Teacher Incentive Grants – For arts specialists, generalists, principals, and teaching artists attending Commission-approved professional development in arts integration.Funds for At-Risk Youth Grants – Support for after-school or summer camp arts programs designed specifically for elementary and secondary school at-risk children.

Target Field Trip Grant

As part of the program, each Target store will award three Target Field Trip Grants to K-12 schools nationwide – enabling one in 25 schools throughout the U.S. to send a classroom on a field trip. Each grant is valued up to $700.

National Endowment for the Arts Grant

The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.

Kids in Need Foundation Grant

This website lists retail and education credit unions that offer grants for various reasons. There is not a specific grant for field trips listed on this site. However, teachers can receive grants for developing special projects and standards-based, themed units. Teachers might be able to get creative with their grant applications by incorporating a theatre visit into their unit or project.

DonorsChoose.org Grant

DonorsChoose.org lets you share your classroom needs with a thriving community eager to help. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site. Supporters can give any amount to the project that most inspires them.